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A 19TH CENTURY WEAPONS LOGBOOK FROM H.M.S. EXCELLENT, 1849kept by W.E. Gordon in a neat readable hand, manuscript weapon logbook comprising Gun Gear mounted on Common Carriages, 9pp. with several pen and ink drawings; Laboratory Process, 5pp.; Compositions, 7pp., several pen and ink drawings with hand-colouring; Tubes, 8pp., a few illustrations; Rockets, 17pp., pen and ink drawings; Small Ammunitions, 7pp., coloured illustration; Target Practice, 2pp.; Field Piece Exercise, 6pp., contemporary half roan, very rubbed -- 9¾ x 7¾in. (23.5 x 19cm.)

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY 'NELSONIANA' ALBUMa small collection of Nelsoniana and including an engraved portrait with below his signature Nelson & Brontë; An Engraved Plan of a Mansion House, proposed for Lord Nelson' from the Gentleman's Magazine, 1799; a Tribute of the Memory of Horatio, Lord Nelson, 2pp., manuscript; Lines on Nelson, 4pp. manuscript; printed and manuscript accounts of Nelson's funeral; and a few other minor pieces of Nelsoniana and naval battles from 1588 to the Napoleonic Wars -- 9 x 7½in. (23 x 19cm.); together with a small print of the funeral car, circa 1806 and a 1905 small copper statuette of Nelson(3)

Duke of Wellington (4th April 1820), manuscript copy on official note paper, water marked 1822 of a letter from Wellington to General Ogilvy concerning his roll in the capture of the American privateer ' Requin ' 1814, together with a quantity of other ephemera including 17th Century indenture, World War II ration book, copy of Edward VIII abdication speech and a fragment of the Berlin wall

Quantity of indentures, including a Charles I reign indenture written in 1641 ref. Thomas Dunstall of Sussex; 1768 October 8th Holbrook, Derbyshire vellum deed document - grant of farm and lands within the Manor from Lord and Lady of the Manor to Mrs Elizabeth Fowler, wife of  William Fowler, heir of John Ward, signed with seal and dated; 1709 vellum Manor of Strenfall, Yorkshire, written in Latin, contains many names incl. John Walker on rear, signed and dated; 7th January 1747 vellum indenture document for lease William Barker Lord of the Manor to Benjamin Smart of Temple Dinsley, Hertfordshire, signed by William Barker Steward; 1789 Vellum Indenture, letter Manor of Corsham, Wiltshire for House at Moor Green, Easton - names include William Mitchell, Mark England Stump, John Hancock, dated and signed with seal; 1708 paper stamped manuscript in French, found in USA; 1833  deed document, customary court of Reverend Philip Nicholas Shuttleworth, warden and scholar of Saint Way College of Winchester, Oxford (New College of Oxford), Manor of West Drayton in the County of Berks, for land of Isaac Winter, ref John Badcock and James Hyde; 1754 vellum indenture document for lease of land by Bishop of Winchester to Thomas Powell signed by John Dutley Clerk to the Bishop of Winchester; 1806 indenture, Manor of Newcastle under Lyme, lease for land by court steward Thomas Sparrow to John Mare on behalf of Lord of the Manor, signed with seals. (9)

BronzeSouth-India , 17th centuryDimensions: Height 8 cmWeight: 183,8 gramsFine statue of the Goddess of War. The base is a lotus throne with beaded rim. The ten-armed Durga is holding her weapons and ritual objects while standing on her mount and vahana, the tiger. She is slaying and ultimately decapitating the buffalo demon Mahishasura who was known for pursuing his evil deeds by shape-shifting. This scene called Mahishasuramardini “Crusher of Mahishasura” is a popular theme and has been reproduced in countless murals, manuscript paintings and even contemporary art.

~ A Copeland Parian Figure of Corinna, circa 1877, sitting on a rock writing on a manuscript, a lyre at her side, on an oval base, titled CORINNA THE LYRE MUSE, impressed marks, 55.5cm highTop end of her pen is missing. Two tiny flat chips on the plinth underneath the naming plate. Some small patches of dirt throughout.

Two decorative Indian illuminated manuscript pages, framed and glazed.

Pre-war Sutcliffe Grenville tinplate clockwork Battleship, with black and grey hull, grey deck and upper decks, propeller and rudder, length 32cm; with manuscript biographical details and two keys, unboxedCondition Report:Working condition unknown.Generally in reasonably good condition.Lacking one mast.

Atlases.- Le Rouge (Georges-Louis) Introduction a la Geographie, with engraved double-page additional allegorical title 'Atlas Nouveau Portatif à l'Uage des Militaires et du Voyageur', 2 hand-coloured engraved plates of globes and instruments, 86 maps hand-coloured in outline, including a celestial and terrestrial double hemisphere map, also with an engraved plan of Paris, and plate of flags, lacking map no. 64, all double-page and mounted on stubs, several maps incorporating cartouches and/or vignettes, map of France split along central fold with marginal losses, other occasional minor splitting to folds, scattered spotting and surface dirt throughout, a few minor nicks and marginal losses, some ink stains to one regional map of Germany, a few other maps with stains and marginalia, minor ink stains to extreme edges of some towards end, manuscript pen and ink contents list tipped in at end, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, splitting to spine, some losses, rubbed and scuffed, worn, 4to, Paris, chez l'Auteur, Prault le fils, la Veuve Robinot, 1756.

America.- Darley (Felix Octavius Carr) Six albums with 418 "Rough Sketches of Designs for Lossing's History of 'Our Country'", presented across 180 album leaves, most with several sketches to one album leaf, the majority inscribed and annotated, many signed with the initial 'D', all but one of the albums inscribed to front pastedown 'Rough Sketches of Designs/ for/ Lossing's History of "Our Country"/ by F.O.C. Darley/ 1873[or] 1874', all but one volume with album leaves that measure 178 x 262 mm (7 x 10 1/4 in), one volume only with album leaves each 225 x 285 mm (8 7/8 x 11 1/4 in), some drawings are tipped-in, the majority executed directly into albums, a few leaves appear to have been trimmed or had illustrations removed, contemporary cloth, each upper cover with label with manuscript inscription 'History of the United States of America', one album with printed signature [?]calling card of Darley affixed to front pastedown, rubbed and scuffed, oblong small 4to, circa 1873-1874 (6)⁂ Comprehensive survey of the history of America, mostly covering early American history, some scenes from the Revolutionary War era, the Civil War era, with many vignette scenes including George Washington, Columbus, Sir Francis Drake, Pontiac or Obwaandi'eyaag, and numerous other battle scenes, negotiations, and historic scenes.

Leon Eguiazu. A bespoke Toledo style damascened steel, gold and platinum necklace; with accompanying handwritten, gilded and illustrated manuscript styled explanatory booklet. This symbolic necklace was presented as a Christmas gift in 1905, to 'Joy'. It is composed of eight plaques and a lozenge-shaped pendant drop. The plaques are joined by beaded links and the clasp at the back is formed as interlinked hands. Each of the four oval plaques bears a different inscription denoting love and Christan devotion, and a foliate lattice design or monogram to the reverse. In fitted case, with an aperture for the booklet below the shaped velvet pad. 45cm length. Gross weight 39.25 gramsLeon Eguiazu traded at 15, Hernani San Sebastian in Spain. He also had an atelier at 45 BoulevardlMontmartre, Paris. He was a skilled artist working in the medium of damascene work often associated with Toledo, where the brightness of mixed colours of gold is heightened against a matt black ground.The property of the current owner by descent.

A bound manuscript titled 'Tour in England 1860', red calf boards with numerous relevant engraved and photographic illustrations, 8vo.

An early 19th century lead fire mark, Royal Exchange, London, variant K, 22.5cm high, 10.5cm wide, c. 1810 - c. 1838Former collector's typed manuscript note to verso of mahogany mount (now detached from plaque): '[...] Several specimens of variant K are known the crown deliberately cut off. These are said to have come from Ireland, the crowns being cut off by nationalist policyholders.'

Book: 1972 edition - John Morden's Manuscript Maps of Cornwall & Its Nine Hundreds & other books relating to Devon & Cornwall, some rebound & with graffiti

Muhammad Bin Sulayman Al-Jazuli (D.1472 AD) Dala'il Al-Khayrat, Ottoman Turkey, Early 19th century Arabic manuscript on paper, about 90 leaves of elegantnaskhin text panels outlined in gold, black and red, opening , cartouches in gold and polychrome, illustrations of Mecca and Medina, another illuminated headpiece, occasional marginal notes, in brown morocco with flap decorated with stamped and tooled central medallion . 15.5 x 11 cm

Photograph of the 1920 launch of the SS Troilus at Birkenhead and a long letter from an offices of the maiden voyage of SS Tyndareus in 1916 from Birkenhead to South Africa and its war service manuscript and typed copy. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

Three unique literary sources relating to the life of Major Peirson of Jersey: [1] The Pedigree of Major Francis Peirson. By G. H. Williams. Extracted from the Bulletin of the Société Jersiaise 1939. Vol. XIII, pages 413 - 426. [2] In Peirson's Days. A Patriotic Story of An Eventful Christmas, 1781. A Story of the Great Invasion of Jersey in 1781. By E. G. V. Gorey.  [3] Particulars of the Conduct of the late Brave Major Peirson who by His Courage and Conduct Rescued the Island of Jersey from the Hands of a Rapacious Enemy at the Enestimable Price of His Life 6th Jany 1781  Manuscript, contemporary IN MEMORIAM notebook in English and French containing resolutions of the Government of Jersey recording their thanks for his service, letters of condolence, copies of accounts of the actions on the day of the French invasion from participants and from the London Gazette with details of Peirson?s funeral.  Also containing poetical tributes to Peirson, a copy of the inscription on the monument erected to his memory and other tributes.

° ° [Keates, Carey. ]The Holland & Holland Collection with a Brief History of the Company and Notes on Related Subjects 1976. Privately printed by Holland & Holland, London, 1976. Bound in full red morocco with inner dentelles and silk endpapers by Zaehnsdorf of London in a red cloth covered slip case with a dark red leather title label. * A manuscript note by Malcom Lyell on the second free endpaper states that this is one of seven copies bound for the author and the directors of the company. Together with a copy in the original printed wrappers in a paper folder with a reprint of a Holland & Holland catalogue of c. 1910. (2).Malcolm Lyell (1922-2011) a good shot, a fisherman, a naturalist, a gardener, a hunter, an adventurer, and a raconteur who has been described as having been the doyen of the London gun trade.After being educated at Bryanston and Westminster School, he took a degree in forestry at Bangor University in 1943 and worked as a forester until 1947 when he became the manager of Westley Richards London showrooms.In 1955 when the parent company made the decision to close the London showrooms, Malcolm sought the backing of British and American sportsmen to finance his takeover of the business and established Westley Richards (Agency). Soon after acquiring it he bought Jeffery’s the gun-makers, and later Farlow’s, the fishing tackle specialists.The ultimate salesman, he not only had a comprehensive knowledge but also loved and was proud of what he was offering for sale. Over the next twelve years he developed, expanded, and advanced the business with great panache and the able assistance of his wife Rosamunde (they married in 1949).His success brought its own reward, in 1959 Holland and Holland invited him to merge his company with theirs and he became the managing director of the new enterprise. By the time of his retirement in 1988, he had acquired a plethora of clients many of whom became great friends; they included kings and princes, maharajahs, presidents, and prime ministers. Hollywood stars, white hunters, sportsmen and trophy collectors fell under his spell and with Rosamunde and his two daughters Caroline and Harmony he travelled the world combining business with pleasure.Malcolm was born a collector, as a boy he collected objects to exhibit and opened his own “museum” in his parents’ house in South Kensington (admission to it cost the viewer one penny). Throughout his life his own houses became filled with treasures gathered from across the globe.His passion and the intense enjoyment that he derived from his collection can be seen in the ephemera and the considered personal notes and annotations that he added to most of his books.

° ° Early Eighteenth Century Manuscript Cookery. 'Eliz. Wood Her Booke. 1708'. 96pp. used (of 270), in a closely written hand, a contemp. panelled calf volume, med. 8vo.; Details some 190 'receipts' of main courses, desserts, cakes, drinks, etc., eg. 'To Make an Oyster Pye'; To Pickle Purslane Stalk, and French Beans; To make Almond Puffes'. A few are credited - 'Lady Burditts Recipe To Make Cowslipp Wine; Mrs Harsells Plumb Cake'. Included amongst the dozen or so medicinal ones are - 'A Most Excellent Medecine against y. Plague'; and others for Scurvy, Venom removal, and a 'Lipp Salve'; 'Stoughtons Elixer' - based on 'four Civill Oringes', with a pint of brandy added - should have been a favourite pick-me-up for most (whilst possibly flooring others?!)

° ° Martel, Yann - Life of Pi. 1st illustrated edition, limited edition, one of 3000. Signed by the author and illustrator on limitation page. Complete with numerous coloured illustrations. Publishers half cloth and pictorial boards with titles on upper and spine. 4to. Canongate, Edinburgh, 2007. With publishers slip case, very slight rubbing to tail of slip case., together withOrwell, George. And Davison, Peter [ed.] - Nineteen Eighty-Four the Facsimile of the Extant Manuscript. 1st ed. Publishers cloth with gilt letters direct on spine and original titled d/j. Folio. Secker & Warburg, London, 1984. With slip case, slip case worn with heavy rubbing some sunning and tearing. Slight rubbing to d/j.

Philippe Mercier (Berlin 1689-1760 London)Portrait of Lady Mary Watson Wentworth, half-length, in a blue dress, within a painted oval signed and dated 'Ph. Mercier fecit/ an* 174*' (lower left)oil on canvas76.2 x 63.2cm (30 x 24 7/8in).Footnotes:LiteratureJ. Ingamells and R. Raines, 'A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings and Etchings of Philip Mercier', in The Walpole Society, 1976-78, vol. 46, p. 38, no. 123 (as dated 1742)The present portrait of Lady Mary-Watson Wentworth, the sister of the future Prime Minister, the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, featured on the BBC's television programme, Fake or Fortune (series 5, programme 3), in which it was authenticated by Brian Allen, who in a letter to the vendor, dated 6 May 2016 confirmed the painting's authenticity and that it was the portrait listed as no. 123 in Ingamell's manuscript for the catalogue that the former edited when he was the Hon. Editor of the Walpole Society.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Country House library. Manuscript catalogue of the library at The Heath House, Staffordshire, 1908, neatly written on ruled leaves, recto only, alphabetically by author from the Duchesse D'Abrantes to Sir A Wylie, printed tp in red and black, dated 1908, half calf gilt, 4to, cover detached, manuscript catalogue of the Heath House library compiled by Madeline Philips, Spring 1961, two 19th c ledgers of expenses in the maintenance, stables and Heath House estate, expenses under various heads, including 'Jewel Account', subscriptions, wages and donations, several leaves excised, half year summary at end, contemporary half reversed calf, c1909-13, manuscript Heath House Estate Schedule of Property in the Parish of Checkley, account stamp marked 1938, Checkley Parish Magazine, bound volume 1903-1907, History of the Meynell Hounds and Country 1780-1901, two volumes, 1901 and Walter Meakin - The 5th North Staffords and the North Midland Territorials (The 46th and 59th Divisions) 1914-1919, 1920 (9)

ETHIOPIAN DEVOTIONAL MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM: 150 Pages, including three full page hand drawn and coloured illustrations. Early Nineteenth century and written in classical Ethiopic. The edges of the pages have pinholes for the scribe to keep his lines straight. Bound with wooden boards and vellum spine. The pages measure 140 x 80mm, and there are between 17 and 21 lines to the page. Plus: A loosely inserted letter from the North Hertfordshire Museum in 1977, giving details, dating etc. and mentioning that it could be missing one illustration?

YARRELL, W; Alfred NEWTON (revised & enlarged): A History of British Birds. 4 volume set. Van Voorst, 1884-85. PLUS 2PP AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, from Yarrell to Newton, dated Dec. 9, 1849, with the original stamped envelope, signed by Yarrell and addressed to Newton, Magdalene college, Cambridge. Plus: 2 other manuscript items. Matching ¾ leather, with the bookplate of A F R Wollaston and his signature in each volume. Very good set. (4)

HERBAL BOOKS: 1- Newton, J: A complete Herbal. J. D. Dewick, 1805. PP: Portrait frontis, (iv)Title-page & Advert), ( (v)Alphabetical table, (i)blank, (vi)Index, (ii)blank, Plus Plates 2-176. No plate 1. Half leather, rubbed; three plates torn and professionally repaired, one with loss to corner; 2- Hill, J: Family Herbal. Bungay: C. Brightly, no date, c1810. With 54 hand coloured plates, 376pp. Cont. full calf and later spine & new endpapers; 3- Culpeper's complete herbal, and English physician wherein several hundred herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult properties ...To which is annexed, The British florist. Or Flower garden displayed. Burslem, J Tregortha, 1813. And 1812. With a portrait Plus 35 hand coloured plates. 4to. PP: 240 & 44, recent full morocco; two of the plates with writing in ink to verso; 4- Wills, G W: Manual of vegetable Materia Medica. 1881, 5th. Edn. Original cloth. Interleaved copy with manuscript writing, including to the verso of some of the plates. (4)

Milles, Thomas and Robert Glover: The Catalogue of Honor, or Tresury of true Nobility, Peculiar and Proper to the Isle of Great Britaine, Published by Willam Jaggard, 1610. Title continues: that is to say: A Collection historicall of all the Free Monarches as well Kinges of England as Scotland (now united together) with the Princes of Walles, Dukes, Marquisses and Erles; their wives, children, Alliances, Families, Descentes, and Achievementes of Honor. Whereunto is properly prefixed: A speciall Treatise of that kind of Nobility which Soverayne Grace, and favor, and Contryes Customes, have made meerly Politicall and peculiarly Civill (never so distinctly handled before). Translated out of Latyne [of R. Glover, etc. by T. Milles]. Each section with its own title page, making some 25 titles. Continuous pagination (with numerous errors): PP: 1130 + 7 (manuscript notes). Illustrated throughout. Folio, cont. full calf, torn with loss; some worm damage. The title page and manuscript pages at start dog-eared, edges bent & frayed. Manuscript notes throughout.

HANS SACHS (Five Pamphlets bound in one volume, all first editions or very early): SACKS, Hans: 1-Die Wittenbergisch Nachtigall, Die man yetz höret vberall. PP: Blank (with Mss notes listing the five pamphlets), Title-Page, With an interesting large woodcut border, 10 Leaves + Blank endpaper. Gedruckt yn der churfurstlichen stadt Zwickau durch jörg Gastel, no date, manuscript date: 1519 ; 2- Disputatio zwische einem Chorherren und Schuchmacher. Hanns Sachs, 1524. PP: Title-Page, With a large woodcut illustration, + 10 Leaves; 3- Eyn gesprech von der Scheynwercke der Gaystlichen.. Hans Sachs Schuster, 1524 (dated at the end). PP: Title-Page, With a large woodcut illustration, + 9 Leaves (A-Bii, C-Ciiii). Top corners of the last 4 leaves torn off & repaired, with the loss of a few letters); 4- Eyn gesprech eynes Evangelischen Christen, mit einem Lutherischen. Hans Sachs, 1524. PP: Title-Page, With a large woodcut illustration (repeated on the verso of the title-page), + 11 Leaves. Small stain to a couple of pages; 5- Ein Dialogus, des inhalt, ein argument der Römischen wider das Christlich heuflein, den Geytz, auch ander offenlich laster. No date, c1524. PP: Title-Page, With a large woodcut illustration (repeated on the verso of the title-page) + 13 Leaves (last page blank). The five are bound in one small 4to. early speckled paper boards, worn & chipped with loss to the spine. The upper cover is almost detached. The inner margins of all the pages have been strengthened.

FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITION: Holkham Bible, A facsimile of the original manuscript. Folio Society, 2007. Limited edition # 90/1750, complete with the companion Commentary volume by Michelle P. Brown. Original hand-bound by Smith Settle in Nigerian goatskin leather, and the commentary volume in cloth backed boards gilt; both housed in the original clamshell box. Very good+/Fine

FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITION: The Getty Apocalypse, A facsimile of the original manuscript. Folio Society, 2011. Limited edition # 448/1000, complete with the companion Commentary volume by Nigel J. Morgan. Original hand-bound by Smith Settle in Nigerian goatskin leather backed pictorial boards, and the commentary volume in cloth gilt; both housed in the original clamshell box. Very good+/Fine.

City of Edinburgh.: Burgess Oath. Manuscript on parchment recording the admission of John Auchterlony, Dyer, as a Burgess of the City, tenth September 1777.

A framed Victorian Indenture manuscript, dated 1861 between two Northumberland Blacksmiths, 57cm x 72cm

Ballooning.- Anonymous (probably late 18th century) Original drawing of a "lost" print, showing an [imagined] flight in Barcelona 1678 with a piloted balloon based on the design of Franceso Lana de Terzi, pen and ink with traces of pencil, double ruled ink borderline, on laid paper without watermark, manuscript text underneath that reads 'Facsimile drawing of the Air Ship of Captain [Z]erez di Molina from the rare Print/ in the Viaggio [?] Don Balthazar y Zuniga. Barcelona 1679 in the British Museum/ "By which it appears the cylinders were [?inflated] and it ascended from the Plaza del Maria/ on May 15th 1678 to the height of 900 ft. when one of the cylinders burst, and the vessel came [down on] the tower of the Cathedral of Barcelona and the Captain was killed on the [?spot]', sheet 480 x 310 mm (18 7/8 x 12 1/4 in), several small nicks, handling creases, small losses to edges and abrasions, surface dirt, unframed, [18th century]Illustrated:Turnor, Hatton, Astra Castra. Experiments and Adventures in the Atmopshere, Chapman and Hall, 1865, illus. p. 34 ⁂ A presumed fantastical albeit sadly imagined event, with little information on the pilot or flight and with the technical requirements of the "boat ship" being beyond the capabilities of the 17th century. The print in the British Museum that the drawing purports to be after cannot be found. The aerial ship appears to be based on a design by the Father of Aeronautics, Francesco Lana de Terzi, and shares characteristics similar to that published in his Prodromo, 1670.

Book of Hours.- Single leaf from a book of Hours, part of Psalm 44, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 2 2-line initials, 3 1-line initials and 3 line fillers in gold, red and blue, mount, leaf 113 x 69mm., [France], [c. 1480].

Documents.- Sutton Rentrowle for mart, manuscript, folds, slightly browned, 340 x 150mm., 1680; and a quantity of other documents, including: 1 relating to Denbeigh, 1 to Warrenshall, 1666; 1 to Liverpool, 1 obligation bond relating to William Freeman of Castlecor, Co. Cork", 1749, manuscripts and printed forms with manuscript insertions, v.s., v.d. (qty).

Ballooning.- 3 scrapbooks of pamphlets, periodicals, extracts and newspaper cuttings relating to ballooning compiled by Hatton Turnor, presumably as research for his book 'Astra Castra', some with wood-engraved illustrations, some mounted on stubs, some pasted to blank leaves, several loosely inserted, one or two with parts cut away, some soiling and staining, a few creases, 2 vol. contemporary half cloth, manuscript label "Balloon Papers Hatton Turner 1864" to upper cover of one volume, another to spines, 3rd volume contemporary half roan, spine decoratively gilt and titled "Scraps", all rubbed, v.s. (3)⁂ Including:1. Blanchard (Jean Pierre) An Exact and Authentic Narrative of M.Blanchard's Third Aerial Voyage, From Rouen in Normandy, on the 18th of July, 1784, Accompanied by M.Boby; In Which they Traversed a Space of Forty-Five Miles in Two Hours and a Quarter..., first English edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece (lightly spotted and offset onto title), half-title and final leaf soiled and spotted, mounted on stub, C.Heydinger, 1784. Blanchard was a pioneer in ballooning and was the first to cross the English Channel by balloon on January 1785, accompanied by the American Dr. John Jeffries. He used oars with his balloons, as depicted in the frontispiece, to row through the air.2. High and Low, or, Mr. Green among the Stars. Oxford: June 13, 1823, 8pp., first and last leaves soiled and stained, creased, mounted on stub, L.Thompson, 1824. Library Hub records only one copy (Bishopsgate Institute), WorldCat lists 2 others in America. 3. Medley (R.S.) The Air Balloon Spiritualized, 8pp., a little soiled, mounted on stub, E.Justins for L.I.Higham, 1823. 2 copies on Library Hub (BL & Oxford), 4 in America. 4. Authentic Narrative of the Great Balloon Voyage and Descent in Germany...Mr. Green's Own Account, 8pp., title with wood-engraved vignette, mounted on stub, W.Marshall, [1836]. One copy on Library Hub (National Aerospace Library), 2 in America.5. Seconde et Derniere Ascension du Ballon Monstre avant son Depart pour l'Angleterre...Mr Green fera sa Deux Cent Vingt-Huitieme Ascension, flyer, letters on "Ballon" composed of animals, typographic border, pasted to blank leaf, ink stamp to corner, Paris, Jules Didot l'Aine, 1837.6. 3pp. manuscript journal on the aeronaut Mr Kight's attempts to make various balloon ascents in Bombay, with entries dating from January 28th 1853 to December 27th 1853, describing the initial excitement about the ascent turning to disappointment when it was cancelled, the explosion of the balloon when "a native assistant unfortunately went too near the machine with a cigar in his mouth and pricked it with a penknife" and Kight's eventual ascent and plunge into the sea on 11th December, a little browned at upper edge, loosely insertedAnd various other items including flyers announcing balloon ascents by Charles Green, Mr. Gypson, Mrs. Graham and others, reports of ascents and accidents including the fatal parachute descent of Robert Cocking in 1837, a manuscript note in ink apparently by Edward Spencer who accompanied Green and Cocking, and an engraving with portraits of aerial travellers Mrs.Sage and Mr.Biggin from New London Magazine November 1783 (torn and frayed at corner).

Poem.- Fox (Charles James, British Whig politician, 1749-1806) A Charade to a Lady, manuscript, 1p., folds, some staining, small 4to, [c.1800].⁂ Unpublished.

NO RESERVE Music.- Lloyd (Charlotte Louisa) [Songbook], manuscript, 123pp. music, 1p. index, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, [c.1843]; and 3 others, manuscript music & poetry, v.s. (4)⁂ Rather appropriately for a music lot Ms. Lloyd later became Mrs. John Peel.

Jewish.- Taslich, manuscript in Hebrew, title with watercolour decoration, 12pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, contemporary half calf patterned boards, corners worn, lacks head and tail of spine, 138 x 104mm., [19th century].

Sussex & London.- F[earon] (F[rancis, son of John Peter Fearon, of 1 Cumberland Place, Regent's Park & Cuckfield, West Sussex, solicitor, c. 1837-1914)] Diary & scientific notes, autograph manuscript, c. 240pp. excluding blanks, some pen and ink illustrations, original morocco, rubbed, lacks tail of spine, 8vo, 1859-60.⁂ Fearon's account of social life in Sussex, including: a dance at Danny (Elizabethan house, home of the Campion family), joining the Cuckfield Militia etc. Other entries includes the extension of the railway line from Nuneaton to Hinckley, Leicestershire and visits to the Lake District and Scotland. Also records Forbes, Notes on Glaciers, Chemical Action favoured by Agitation etc.

NO RESERVE Calligraphic manuscript.- Morison (Henrietta) [Poems], calligraphic manuscript with watercolour decoration, 115pp. (including 3pp. index at end), some slight foxing, original morocco-backed carved wooden boards, g.e., 4to, 1864; and 3 other manuscripts, v.s., v.d. (4).

Railways.- Bala & Festiniog Railway Co..- Indenture and map on vellum, manuscript, map 730 x 900mm., ruled in red, seals, folds, 23rd May, 1878 (2)⁂ Relates to bridges and crossings on the railway to be maintained.

Calligraphic manuscript.- Friend (A.P., art master at The Judd School, Tonbridge).- Sappho. Lyrics of Sappho, calligraphic manuscript signed, on paper, ornate title and 18pp., in black ink, title and initials with border decoration in gold and colours, original wrappers, title lettered direct on upper cover, unfinished letter probably to Heather Avis McPherson (1942-2017), feminist poet, publisher and editor, loosely inserted in red morocco covers, gilt coat of arms on upper cover, 212 x 165mm, [c. 1925].

Calligraphic manuscript.- Blake (William) The Building of Jerusalem, calligraphic manuscript on paper, 4pp., in black ink, initials in gold and other colours, original boards, title lettered direct in gold and red on upper cover, soiled, oblong 4to (241 x 285mm), [c. 1930].

Bindings.- Robinson (William) Flora and Sylva:..., 3 vol., one of a limited edition specially bound, 66 chromolithograph plates with tissue guards, vol. 1 and 3 with A.L.s from Robinson tipped-in to front endpaper, a few later colour plates and magazine articles tipped-in at inner margin and laid down at pastedowns, newspaper clippings laid down (normally to plate verso), ink annotations throughout (including manuscript lists of plates, and indexes at endpapers), bookplates, half vellum, some soiling and toning, uncut, 1903-05; and c.60 others attractively bound in leather, v.s. (c.63) ⁂ The letters from Robinson appear to be addressed to the recipient of the volumes, referring to the binding and to publishing costs.

Architecture.- Félibien des Avaux (Jean-François) Description de la Nouvelle Eglise de l'Hostel Royal des Invalides, first edition, with initial blank, approbation leaf (P1) bound at end with folding engraved plan by Loisel attached (shaved at edges), woodcut ornaments, small ink stamp to title, engraved bookplate of Bibliotheca Reuterholmiana printed in red and dated 1713 in manuscript, modern bookplate of Evert Strokirk, contemporary calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, corners worn, spine ends chipped, 12mo, Paris, [printed by Antoine Chrétien], 1702.⁂ Rare first edition of this description of the new church for the Invalides designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart. Félibien's illustrated folio Description de l'Eglise Royal des Invalides was published when the church was consecrated in 1706, at the same time this work was reissued by Quillau with a second part. WorldCat lists only 3 copies of this 1702 edition.Nils Esbjörnson Reuterholm (1676-1756), governor of Dalarna in Sweden 1732-39 and of Örebro 1739-56, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from the year of its foundation in 1739.

Ballooning.- St. Petersburg.- Anonymous (mid 19th century) Original drawing of a plan for a balloon flight by a Russian Prince above the port city, Kronstadt, showing a sailing ship hoisting 10 balloons attached by a line, each rising further than the last above the ship, the final a double balloon with drop line to the sea, pen and ink with watercolour, on thin prepared linen, sheet 410 x 980 mm (16 1/8 x 38 5/8 in), old folds and handling creases, some even toning and surface dirt, with manuscript note affixed to the reverse that reads 'The Colored Drawing is a [?bold] plan of that Prince/ de [?Commènes who, I told you, lays claim/ by historic right of descent, from Constantine to the throne of Constantinople. He has/ not been here [?very] lately but it is amusing/ to see his plan for overlooking Cronstadt!!/ Paris 1855', unframed, [mid 19th century]⁂ Highly unusual panoramic view of a planned balloon flight, with intriguing Russian association.

Ballooning.- Turnor (Hatton) Astra Castra: Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere, first edition, the author's son Christopher H.Turnor's copy inscribed "from his friend Annie Dixon September 1894" and with long manuscript quotation on front free endpaper, with 3 postcards showing the author and the French aviator Henri Salmet loosely inserted, plates and illustrations, mounted albumen print to dedication (as issued), spotting at beginning and end, contemporary painted vellum brushed in silver, upper cover with small foil onlays (some missing), inner gilt dentelles, g.e., rubbed, spine faded, 1865; and 2 others including another, imperfect, copy of the first, 4to (3)⁂ Comprehensive account of aeronautics up to the time, mostly concerning ballooning. The interesting quotation from Jesse Collings's Land Reform concerns the ownership of air and the potential hazards of air travel, "...if the discoveries of science should make aerial travel practicable - as some say they will - then owners could legally charge a toll for every aerial machine passing over their land...".The loosely-inserted postcards (2 actual photographs) show "Mr.Hatten Turner preparing for Flight with Mr.Salmet Nov.22 1913", "Mr. Hatten Turner with Mr.Salmet in Flying Machine..." and "H.Salmet on his 50 H.P. Bleriot Monoplane...". Henri Salmet was an early French aviator who, in 1912 & 1913, was sponsored by The Daily Mail to tour Britain and take up passengers on short flights. Christopher H.Turnor (1873-1940), author, architect and agricultural reformer. He trained under Lutyens, designed the Watts Gallery for his friend the painter George Frederic Watts, and invented the cattle grid.?Possibly Annie Dixon (1817-1901), miniature portrait painter, known particularly for her portraits of several of Queen Victoria's children.

Kent.- Hasted (Edward) The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, 4 vol., 99 engraved plates, maps and plans, of which 41 folding or double-page, 2 linen-backed, 1 with short tear, engraved head-pieces and illustrations, occasional off-setting, vol. 1 with short manuscript note tipped-in, occasional off-setting and spotting, vol. 4 with one or two marginal damp-stains, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, folio, 1778-99.

Astor (Nancy).- Butler (Samuel) Hudibras, a Poem, 2 vol., 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates by J.Clark, Nancy Astor's copy with her Cliveden Library bookplate, vol.2 with old manuscript note about the origin of the name of the poem bound in at beginning and final blank at end, frontispieces lightly browned and offset onto titles, a few pencil corrections to text, occasional light spotting or marks, later crushed red morocco, by Rivière & Son, spines tilted in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, t.e.g., others uncut, very slightly rubbed at edges but a very good copy, 8vo, 1819.⁂ Nancy Waldorf Astor (1879-1964), American-born politician who became the first woman to sit in the House of Commons as a Member of Parliament. Cliveden, the Astor country seat, became one of the prime locations of the notorious Profumo affair in the early 1960s.

Parasites.- Vallisneri (Antonio) Considerazioni, ed Esperienze intorno alla Generazione de'Vermi ordinari del corpo umano, first edition, title with small woodcut ornament, 4 folding engraved plates at end, small old ownership stamp to title, contemporary ink manuscript list of books loosely inserted, contemporary carta rustica, uncut, a little soiled, short tears to spine but a an excellent clean copy, [Blake p.468; Nissen ZBI 4219; Waller 9790; Wellcome V p.328], 4to, Padua, Giovanni Manfre, 1710.⁂ The first monograph on human parasitic worms. Vallisnieri, who had been a pupil of Malpighi in Bologna, played a decisive role in the spontaneous generation debate, confirming Redi's demonstration of the origin of insects from eggs.

Scrap albums.- Collection of three scrap albums and 15 small late 19th century sketchbooks, some of the sketchbooks with travel drawings and studies by various amateur hands, many blank leaves and unfinished, the scrap albums with numerous cuttings, watercolours, pressed flowers, manuscript notes and transcriptions of poetry and literature, small 8vo to large 4to, mid to late 19th century (18)

Devastation of War.- Harrison (Percival Neale) Tyrtaeus and other stories..., 91pp., typescript, manuscript title in black ink with vignette of daffodil and 10 charming full-page original watercolours by Harrison tipped to thick grey leaves, most signed and dated 1913 or 1914, with 2 pen & ink vignettes as chapter-headings, pen & ink presentation leaf to Douglas and Godfrey Harrison with illustration of the two boys at beginning and 3 full-page illustrations of young children at end, some offsetting from watercolours, original half vellum titled in gilt on upper cover and spine, t.e.g., 1913 [-14] § Innes (T.A.) & Ivor Castle, editors. Covenants with Death, photographic illustrations of the victims of war, original pictorial cloth, spine worn, Daily Express, 1934, 4to (2⁂ The first is a highly-accomplished and handsomely-produced work. A loosely-inserted note states, "Percival Harrison made this book for his boys before he went to war in 1915. He was killed at the front in Flanders. His boys became RAF pilots & in World War II were both killed at the Battle of Britain. This is all that remains of a father's love for his sons".The second item is an attempt to avert another war through the reproduction of graphic images of the horrors of conflict. Two very different works, but equally poignant.

Ballooning.- Joly de Saint-Valier (Lt.-Col.) Lettre...a Madame la Princess de⁂, a Petersbourg, sur les Balons appellés Globes Aëro-statiques, 56pp.., first edition, Hatton Turner's copy with his ink signature dated Sept. 1864 and price "2/6" to front free endpaper, title soiled, water-stained towards end, stab-holes, nineteenth century wrappers, manuscript label to spine, rubbed, spine slightly worn, 8vo, Ostend, 1783.⁂ Rare; not in the British Library. Library Hub lists only two copies (National Library of Wales and Newcastle University); WorldCat lists only a copy in the Library of Congress.

Lawrence (Simon) Tales from Bleeding Heart Yard: Stories about Stanley Lawrence, one of 200 copies with an additional wood engraving by Barry Moser , from an edition limited to 310, illustrations, many tipped in, original cloth-backed wood veneer boards, uncut, Denby Dale, Fleece Press, [2001] § Smith (Edwin) A View of the Cotswolds: Photographs, number 51 of 350 copies, illustrations, poster for Whittington Summer Show 2006 loosely inserted, original half cloth over patterned-paper boards, scuffs to upper edges, slip-case (slightly rubbed), Risbury, Whittington Press, 2005 § Clare (John) Birds Nesting: the Lost Manuscript, number 26 of 90 signed by the artist and printer, colour linocuts by Nicholas & Mary Parry, original patterned cloth, uncut, Market Drayton, Tern Press, 1987 § Dafydd ap Gwilym. Houses of Leaves, number 216 of 250 copies signed by the artist, illustrations by John Elwyn printed in grey, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, uncut, slip-case, Llandogo, Old Stile Press, 1993; and 11 others, press and illustrated, v.s. (15)

CUMBERLAND & WESTMORLAND MILITIA TAX, 1683.   Single folio manuscript sheet incorporating an 11 line letter, November 20th 1683, to Lord Carlisle making enquiries as to the payment of militia officers etc., signed Rochester, Godolphin & others. Above is a 7 line note from Lord Carlisle, December 1683, to the Deputy Lieutenants, "to be left with the postmaster at Penrith" requesting them to make enquiries into the business. Below are financial accounts on "The State of ye Militia Tax for ye Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland".

MANUSCRIPT MAP: 'Jewish Missionary Map of Canaan, Egypt & Arabia in Tribes & Provinces as in the Reign of His Jewish Majesty David King of Israel...illustrating the Israelites Last Return & The English & Scotch Missions to Palestine: this map is a fac-simile of the one sent to the Queen, by the Rev. William Aldis, Jewish Missionary, Alexandria July 13 1842': fine manuscript map, pen & ink with colour wash on card within embossed and pierced surround (sections missing at 2 corners) image approx 12 x 8.5cm. (1)

MANUSCRIPT MUMMERS' PLAY: an apparently unpublished manuscript Mummers' play, Dumbleton Gloucestershire, 1879: 8pp in black ink on ruled foolscap, rust mark from absent pin fastening upper left, light creases and toning, else good. (1)

MARBLING INKS: DANE & CO: instructions for using Dane & Co's marbling inks on Carragheen moss size, 1928: small manuscript notebook on marbling techniques, manuscript entries over 22 pages, slim 8vo. (1)

MANUSCRIPT RECEIPT BOOK: an early to mid-19th century manuscript receipt book, largely medicinal and practical preparations, including instructions for plating brass, the camera obscura, gilding paper, removing oil stains from books, to make sealing wax, suggestions for removal of warts, a cure for hydrophobia, etc: approx 100pp filled, some related cuttings pasted in, contained in small 8vo commonplace book of half calf over marbled boards, some general wear and browning. (1)

GEORGIAN SCRAP ALBUM: a fine late Georgian album of scraps, manuscript verse, watercolours and drawings, upper free endpaper inscribed 'a tribute of affection to Fanny ?Ansee from her sister on her birthday June 29th 1835': includes a well executed representation of hieroglyphics 'from an Egyptian painting found by Belzoni in Thebes', with related 17 line verse on opposing page: ink and watercolour drawing captioned 'Jem Holmes barn in Stopples Barn, Arundel Castle in the distance', dated 26th Sept 1826: another drawing in the same hand captioned 'Lane at John Page's Corner in Burpham', dated for the preceding day: small 4to album, original blind stamped brown morocco ornately gilt, aeg. (1)